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The water produced at the Dolecoed Well, the famous old 'Stinking Well', was almost a pure sulphur water with very high levels of suphurated hydrogen. When the rate of flow was measured it was found to produce around 4,500 gallons a day. |
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The
sealed
spring at Dolecoed, Llanwrtyd Wells |
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The
'smelly
water' was never pumped but came out naturally,
and it was not stored in tanks. The supplies of this special water were
thought to be almost unlimited. The source of the water was sealed in Victorian times in a massive round marble pedestal which was decorated with mosaic stones. This was to prevent the loss of the natural gases produced in the well which added to the goodness of the water. There was a thick glass top to the tank and visitors could see the gas bubbling through the water in an angled mirror placed above the well. |
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The sulphur
water was fed through ebonite pipes under natural gravity to
the baths at Dolecoed, where it was heated
to the required temperature for medicinal purposes. The Dolecoed Pump Room also offered water from the "Chalybeate Spring" which was water containing iron salts. This evidently gave the water a "greenish tint" but "the taste is somewhat pleasant" ! This water had no smell at all - which is more than could be said of the sulphur water !
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I'd
rather have a
glass of lemonade ! |
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RDR
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